. Cross country with horse and hound. Fox hunting; Horses. XVII THE FOX THE FOX COMPARED WITH OTHER GAME HUNTING THE WILD RED DEER A PATHETIC END RENARD's CRAFTY NATURE HE drag is but a mimicry of hunting, the crated stag is but little better, the bag-fox an abomi- nation savouring too much of the butcher. Hare and otter-hunting are good, clean sport. The hunting of the wild red deer in Devon and of the wild stag and the wild boar in France are thoroughly honourable and sportsmanlike. The woodcraft of the har- bourer, the rare skill of the huntsman in singling out a warrantable stag or hind, a
. Cross country with horse and hound. Fox hunting; Horses. XVII THE FOX THE FOX COMPARED WITH OTHER GAME HUNTING THE WILD RED DEER A PATHETIC END RENARD's CRAFTY NATURE HE drag is but a mimicry of hunting, the crated stag is but little better, the bag-fox an abomi- nation savouring too much of the butcher. Hare and otter-hunting are good, clean sport. The hunting of the wild red deer in Devon and of the wild stag and the wild boar in France are thoroughly honourable and sportsmanlike. The woodcraft of the har- bourer, the rare skill of the huntsman in singling out a warrantable stag or hind, are a display of natural wit and cunning beautiful to see. It is a glorious thing, riding to staghounds, to note the wonderful instinct of the huntsman in lifting them smartly on to the line when they are at fault. But for every-day hunting there is nothing that quite comes up to the chase of the wild fox. There is never, in the chase after Renard, the feeling that you are pursuing to its death a harmless and innocent creature. The fox is a vagabond. If he was not at work stealing your chickens last night, it was because he was steal- ing your neighbour's, or came across a rabbit that diverted 191. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Peer, Frank Sherman. New York : C. Scribner's sons
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